Chapter 57
Ancient Viṣṇu SanskritVi_57
atha tyājyāḥ // Vi_57.1 //
vrātyāḥ // Vi_57.2 //
patitāḥ // Vi_57.3 //
tripuruṣaṃ mātṛtaḥ pitṛtaś cāśuddhāḥ // Vi_57.4 //
sarva evābhojyāś cāpratigrāhyāḥ // Vi_57.5 //
apratigrāhyebhyaś ca pratigrahaprasaṅgaṃ varjayet // Vi_57.6 //
pratigraheṇa brāhmaṇānāṃ brāhmaṃ tejaḥ praṇaśyati // Vi_57.7 //
dravyāṇāṃ vāvijñāya pratigrahavidhiṃ yaḥ pratigrahaṃ kuryāt sa dātrā saha nimajjati // Vi_57.8 //
pratigrahasamarthaś ca yaḥ pratigrahaṃ varjayet sa dātṛlokam avāpnoti // Vi_57.9 //
edhodakamūlaphalābhayāmiṣamadhuśayyāsanagṛhapuṣpadadhiśākaṃś cābhyudyatān na nirṇudet // Vi_57.10 //
āhūyābhyudyatāṃ bhikṣāṃ purastād anucoditām /
grāhyāṃ prajāpatir mene api duṣkṛtakarmaṇaḥ || Vi_57.11 ||
nāśnanti pitaras tasya daśa varṣāṇi pañca ca /
na ca havyaṃ vahaty agnir yas tām abhyavamanyate || Vi_57.12 ||
gurūn bhṛtyān ujjihīrṣur arciṣyan pitṛdevatāḥ /
sarvataḥ pratigṛhṇīyān na tu tṛpyet svayaṃ tataḥ || Vi_57.13 ||
eteṣv api ca kāryeṣu samarthas tatpratigrahe /
nādadyāt kulaṭāṣaṇḍha- patitebhyas tathā dviṣaḥ || Vi_57.14 ||
guruṣu tv abhyatīteṣu vinā vā tair gṛhe vasan /
ātmano vṛttim anvicchan gṛhṇīyāt sādhutaḥ sadā || Vi_57.15 ||
ardhikaḥ kulamitraṃ ca dāsagopālanāpitāḥ /
ete śūdreṣu bhojyānnā yaś cātmānaṃ nivedayet || Vi_57.16 ||